Year-End Report
At Airport Shows
Decline In Flying
Private flying activities at the
Medford municipal airport con
tinued to decline during 1949, fol
lowing a general trend through
out the United States. The local
decline in reflected in figures
for the past three years shown
in a report compiled by Airport
Manager John Applegate.
He revealed that there were
29,300 civil landings at the air
port in 1949 contrasted to 47,
359 in 1948 and 76,095 in 1947.
Air force and air carrier land
ings last year were greater than
in 1947 but less than in 1948.
The air force totals were 1,250 in
1947; 7,576 in 1948, and 4,366 in
1949. Air carrier figures showed
6.750 in 1947; 7,898 in 1948, and
7,825 in 1949. Navy landings
were 1,289 in 1947; 1,591 in 1948,
and 1,047 in 1949.
Totals Given
Operations and traffic showed
a grand total of 85,384 landings
for 1947 compared to 42,598 last
year. There were 64,424 during
1948. Of last year's operations
18.694 were transient and 23,
904 local.
December traffic was the low
est for one month since record
keeping was inaugurated in Jan
uary 1947. Traffic was 1.991
compared to 2,111 in November,
previous low.
Air carriers noted an increase
in outgoing passengers, express
and freight during 1949 and de
crease in mail dispatched. In
coming totals were not complete
because figures from bouinwcsi
airways were not available.
Air Lines Loadings
In 1949 United Air lines boards
ed 11,127 passengers, Southwest
4 915 and West Coast airlines
4.992. or 21,034 altogether (20,
031 in 1948). During last year
11,050 persons debarked from
United planes and 4,778 from
West Coast.
Pounds air mail dispatched
last vear were: United 40,527;
Southwest 13,039, and West
Coast 7,406 for 60,972 a combin
ed total (68,402 in 1948). United
unloaded 33,605 pounds and West
Coast 7,063.
United's outgoing express in
1949 was 6,263 pounds; South
west's 7,677 and West Coast's
7,712, a 21,253 total (18,342 in
1948). United brought in 20,071
and West Coast 10,101.
Freight sent from Medford's
airport was, United 20,525
pounds and Southwest 58,337. or
78,862 in all (35,188 in 1948).
United unloaded 43,727.
Revenue Told
Airport revenue during 1949
was $14,895.53 of which $5,379.
73 was from the airlines. The to
tal includes land, building and
office rentals 83,036.12; hangar
rent $2,380.76; landing fees
$4,082.23; fixed base operator's
fees $280.58; gasoline and oil
concessions $1,190; miscellaneous
concessions $191.53; heat and
janitor service $625; tie-downs
$690.09 and buildings and other
items sold $2,419.12.
A private hangar subdivision
was planned and developed dur
ing the year. Leases on this area
were granted to Paul Smith and
to Medford Air service ior nan
gar and shop buildings. Two lots
in a block later were leased to
C. B. Collins, Chester A. Hub
bard and R. A. Skinner for con
struction of a three-place T
type hangar, which has been
completed.
Installation of elevated, med
ium intensity light on the main
runway was completed in August.
Proposed projects including a
new administration building and
high intensity runway lights in
conjunction with an instrument
landing system were continued
into 1950.
Greatest single event of 1949
at the airport was the aviation
fair on September 18.
Not Even Conservative Victory Expected
To Return Britain to Ways of Pre-War
Days After Five-Year La bo rite Change
(Editor's Note: Prime Minister Clem
ent R. Attlee announced last niKht
that a general eleeUon will be held
In Great Britain on Feb. 23. In that
election, BrlUlh socialism will be on
trial, in the lonowlni dlsoatrn. a mem-
ber of the United Press rabies staff
who was assigned to London during
most of the labor government's five
years In power tells how Attlee and
his colleagues have changed the whole
uritisn way ot me.j
By Homer Jenks
United Prett Correspondent
London, Jan, 11 Britain has
had five years of socialism, and
never again will be the same.
Prime Minister Clement R.
Attlee and his labor government
have changed irrevocably the
British way of life. Not even a
conservative victory in this
year's general election will bring
DacK tne pre-war Britain.
It has been a five-year revolu
tion, albeit a peaceful one. Prob
ably in no similar period in
British history has the whole ba
sis of the nation's life been al
tered so completely.
The socialists have brought
the individual Briton unparal
lelled security from womb to
tomb. But they have made him
pay for it with the heaviest
taxes in the western world and
hemmed him in with restrictions
hitherto unknown in these en
lightened days outside totalitar
ian countries.
Motheri Get Grant
The benevolent government
interests itself in the citizen even
before birth. If a prospective
mother works to help balance
the family budget, she gets $5 a
there are only 45 who earn more
man siv.uuu.
Job Dictated
For the first time In any demo
cratic country, the government
also has assumed the power to
tell workers what jobs they must
take. The
w
Moreover, the socialist gove
ernment has seized ownership of
the nation's coal mines, rail
ways, airlines, bus lines, road
transport, cable companies, gas
nnrl nnwpr nlnnlc nnri llio Ranlr
ishing to change their jobs OI ,nglBntt
'Mercy Death' Trial
Set For February 20
Manchester, N. H., Jan. 11
(U.R) The "mercy death" murder
trial of Dr. Hermann N. Sander,
Wednesday, January 11, 1950
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Comfortable Hogs
Lack In Production
Washington, Jan. 11 UR-
41, will open in superior court j The farmer who can make life
here February 20, it was an-, "comfortable" for his hogs will
nounced today. cut his pork production costs,
Clerk of Courts Arthur S.ithe agriculture department re-
If returned to power, the la
bor government intends to ' na
tionalize similarly Britain's steel,
shipbuilding, cement and other
industries. The conservatives, if
must go to government employ'
ment exchanges. If they refuse
to take one of the several jobs
offered them, the government
pnn firtA thpm nnri apnrl thpm to
jail. i elected, would leave the present
Tne government took this uhiiuhhiimu iimusirivs largely
power under the direction of I intact, but would stop any fur
employment order in an attempt j "'ei- nationalization. They also
to channel workers into cssen-1 have said that they will not re
tial industries in the nation's I vokc the welfare state program.
economic crisis
Hcaly said the date had been
set by Superior Judge Harold E.
Wescolt.
Hcaly said "presumably" Wes
cott would preside since he is
the presiding justice at the cur
rent term of Hillsborough coun
ty superior court.
Sander, who cannot practice
pending trial, would face a maxi
mum penalty of death on the
gallows if convicted of first-degree
murder.
ported today.
The department said tests at its
Davis, Calif., experiment station
show there is a particular tem
perature at which hogs are most
"comfortable." It said they gain
weight faster on less grain.
The tests indicated the most
favorable temperature for hogs
of 1(16 to 260 pounds is about 60
degrees. Hogs weighing 70 to
144 pounds gained most when
the mercury stood at 75.
New Chemical Makes
Grass Grow Slower
Portland, Ore., Jan. 1 2 U.R)
An Oregon State college agron
omist had good news for per
sons who dread summer-time
task of mowing their lawns.
Virgil Freed, agronomist at
the Oregon State college experi
ment station, yesterday told the
Oregon Weed Growers League
convention here that last sum
mer he treated his lawn with a
new chemical that retarded
growth of grass, keeping it
green and about two inches high
all summer.
Freed said the chemical was
IPC or isopryl N-phenyl carbamate.
Tuberculosis is not Inherited;
it is a "catching" disease.
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Alabama Court
Upholds Taylor's
Fine, Sentence
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 11
(U.R) The Alabama court of ap-1
peals today upheld Sen. Glen
Taylor's $50 fine and 180-day
jail sentence imposed by a Jef
ferson (Birmingham) county cir-!
cuit court jury for disorderly j
conduct. j
Taylor, (D., Ida.,) was convict-;
ed last April after being arrest
ed while he was campaigning as
Henry Wallace's running mate
week "for' ISkgl", cket' I
Pacific Fleet May Be
Strengthened Further
Washington, Jan. 11 (U.R)
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman indi
cated today that the Pacific
fleet may be strengthened
further.
He said at a defense depart
ment news conference on the
military budget that some
changes have been made in plans
for distribution of the navy's 238 1
operalional warships between thej
Atlantic and the Pacific.
Sherman would not say what ,
shifts are planned. However, he
said, the size of the Atlantic and i
Pacific fleets "will be readjust-j
ed to meet the strategic situation,
if necessary."
before and after the birth. She
gets an additional $11.20 as a
special birth grant.
A non-working housewife also
gets a grant of $11.20, plus $2.80
a week for four weeks.
No mother, and indeed no
Briton, need worry about doctor
or hospital bills. Under the con
troversial national health plan,
all medical care at home or in
the hospital is free. Mothers also
get free orange juice from the
government for their babies.
For each child after her first,
a mother gets an extra 70 cents
a week until the child becomes
of age.
Britons Insured
The government also insures
all Britons for unemployment,
injury, sickness and retirement.
Every widow gets a pension for
up to 13 weeks if she is under
50 years of age, if older, she
gets it for the rest of her life. If
she has children, an augmented
life pension begins at once.
If any Briton needs false teeth,
spectacles, a toupee or even a
hot water bottle, he gets them
free under the national health
plan.
And at death, the government
contributes $56 toward his burial
expenses.
To silDDort this eiaantic wel
fare program, the government
taxes all incomes over $378 a
year at a basic rate of 40 per
cent and a sliding scale of surtaxes.
Special Deduction
A married man with two eh 1-
dren earning $2,800 a year pays
an annual tax of $504. If he
earned $28,000, he would pay
$17,717. A single man earning
the same salaries would Dav
$743 and $17,957 resDectivelv.
Then there are special payroll
deductions of up to 70 cents a
week for every worker to help
pay the cost of the national
health, insurance and assistance
plans, sales taxes ranging from
33 13 to 100 per cent, inherit
ance taxes ranging from 1 to 75
per cent, and assorted taxes on
beer, liquor apd entertainment.
This high taxation, along with
the welfare state program and
the war-time boost in the lower
bracket wages have carried Brit
ain a long way toward the so
cialist goal of equality.
The number of Britons with
net Income above S420 a vear
has more than doubled since
1939. Those earnine $14 to S28
a week has nearly trebled. But
persons with an income after
taxes of $2,800 or more has
dropped 25 per cent. Fewer than
900 persons now earn more than
$11,000 a year after taxes, and
Entered Wrong Door
He was prevented by police
men from entering a Birming
ham church through a doorway
marked for Negroes only. He
was given a $50 fine and a sus
pended 180-day sentence. How
ever, upon his appeal a circuit
court jury gave him a $50 fine
and 180 days in jail, not suspend
ed. At that time, Taylor vowed
he would carry the case all the
way to the U.S. supreme court
on the grounds that he was ar
rested actually for violating Bir
mingham's segregation laws,
which he said were unconstitu
tional. Court of appeals' officials said
his next step would be to apply
for a rehearing in this court. If
the re-hearing is denied he could
appeal to the Alabama supreme
court.
JESSUP IN KOREA
Seoul, Korea, Jan. 1 1 i(U.R)
Philip Jessup, United States am
bassador - at - large, arrived in
Korea by air from Tokyo today
for conferences with American
and South Korean government
officials.
It is estimated that Japanese
newsreels reach 12,000,000 the
atergoers weekly.
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AGENCY
Goldy Bld9. Phone 2-2266
Authorized Mortgage Loan
Solicitor for
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or America
Home Olflce: Newark, N. J.
Western Home Office:
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PROTECT YOUR CHILD'S EYES
A slight eye defect, if caught in time, can
often be remedied. No matter how young
the child, he or she can have defective
eyesight.
Don't just imagine
. . . let us examine!
Dr. John T. Monahan
Dr. Merl A. Wiggins
OPTOMETRISTS
20 S. Central Tel. 2-5504
OMAR'S DELICIOUS MEALS
A rare treat for your discriminating taster . . . from soup to dessert.
Omar is a culinary specialist. . . . Imagine him digging up the most
unpopular member of the vegetable patch and calling it fancy
names. . . . Steaming, hot, French Onion Soup or French Fried
Onions will make your appetite say "Yum-Yum-and Yum" some
more, when Gladys rolls in oozing, tender Porterhouse Steak and
the trimmings on the serving table. ... I'd say Steaks and Fried
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a neck, Omar and Planter's peanut oil have a mutual secret when
it comes to Fried Chicken.
Mrs. Omar, and her fine young ladies, will serve you very courte
ously with a smile.
OMAR'S is located on Ashland's beautiful Siskiyou Blvd., High
way 99.
Written by
EMILY L. CARPENTER,
811 Sherman St., Medford.
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